Example sentences of "thing [conj] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that 'll touch it is an arc-welder — and it 's pretty conductive stuff too . |
| 2 | ‘ The only thing that might make them move after three years here is Italy . |
| 3 | This is the one thing that might make me lose my temper . |
| 4 | ‘ One thing that might interest you , last year our manager jumped from that bridge and broke his neck … ’ |
| 5 | The only thing that would change them , he commented savagely , was when he became someone who earned a thousand guilder a year . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's not the kind of thing that would influence you , of course , ’ says Caroline , ‘ but the prospects would be quite good . ’ |
| 7 | Isabel had scarcely felt the fiery rush of blood to her cheeks , the quick involuntary swelling of her flesh , before fitzAlan wrenched his hand away , transferring the reins from the other as if that was the only thing that would prevent him from touching her again . |
| 8 | But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know . |
| 9 | She could see that he was searching for the right words , the very thing that would describe what he had felt , what he had experienced at that moment . |
| 10 | Then would having a good head for numbers be the sort of thing that would individuate them at the level of their soul ? |
| 11 | You did n't know one thing that would find me . ’ |
| 12 | He said it was the only thing that would get him through it . ’ |
| 13 | The only thing that would save him would be work abroad . |
| 14 | Crystals is about the only thing that would use it . |
| 15 | But in the final analysis , the thing that used to make me happy was making me miserable , so I just had to get out . ’ |
| 16 | In the vocabulary of people in the retail trade , equipment means wallets being emptied into tills , especially if the purchase of that equipment is the only thing that will ensure they will live to come back and buy more . |
| 17 | ‘ We know the operation is the only thing that will make her quality of life better . |
| 18 | The only thing that will make them change their attitudes will be knowing someone with AIDS and watching them decline . |
| 19 | It is the only thing that will stir out sleeping brethren , the only thing that will make them fight and not cooperate . |
| 20 | You will have to think : the only thing that will get you by in life is your mind because you are not presentable in any other way . |
| 21 | One further thing that will help you to be a successful prescriber ; the more you enjoy it the easier it will be . |
| 22 | And the only thing that will preserve us is ourselves . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It is the only thing that will defend us in the present crisis , ’ says Reddy . |
| 24 | The only thing that will release us is the thing that imprisoned us . |
| 25 | He told The Scotsman the other day , ’ the only thing that can stop us is the Labour party . ’ |
| 26 | But you must think my displeasure the heaviest thing that can befall you . |
| 27 | To get back to that post-prandial scene , there is , I believe , just one thing that can jolt one out of one 's seat ; a bitter almond . |
| 28 | So y you see there 's another s strange funny thing that can happen you see . |
| 29 | ‘ It is the one thing that could make my plans go wrong . ’ |
| 30 | It became clear that my enemy in all this business , the thing that could promote my own humiliation , was the Butcher 's measuring rod . |